Lindbergh Adopted Son of Guatemala Welcomes Flight
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh arrives in Guatemala City during his Central American tour. The capital proclaims him Adopted Son of Guatemala City as crowds cheer and the Spirit of St. Louis is checked for the next leg to Belize. Lindbergh plans to continue to Belize or San Salvador, then return to the United States via Havana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guatemala
Gilg
Dee
Jane Eagle
Roodwill
Charles A. Lindbergh
Spirit of
St. Louis
Mexico City
Lindbergh &S
Aurora
Hing
Lundbergh
Furga
Ajua
Guatemala City
Lindbergh
Ministry of War
Salvador
Feld
St. Lews
Belize
British Honduras
San Salvador
Gunting
Havana
Washington
D. C
United States
Havans
State Department
Onetime Candidate Hinsel Jailed for Bounced Check in Iowa
Fairfield report says John Jay Hinsel a former socialist candidate for Iowa lieutenant governor was jailed in Jefferson county after a rubber check bounced. He faced 10 days plus a 10 day option or 20 days to forget the incident as the court ordered. In other news a severe storm in Akita prefecture razed about 500 houses with the Dainichi Maru grounded offshore endangering a 30 man crew.
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Fairfield. In
John Jay Hinsel
Fairfield
Iowa
Jefferson County
Hinsel
Tokio
Akita Perfecture
Akita
Mortuary notice for Mrs. Charlotte Shepherd age 73
Mrs. Charlotte Shepherd, 73, died at 4 15 a m today at her daughter Ida Hoffman’s Waterloo route 6 home after bedfast illness since August. Survived by five sons, one daughter, two sisters, one brother, ten grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Services with Rev V G Kelford set Saturday at 1 p m. Burial in local cemetery.
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Charlotte Shepherd
Ida Hoffman
Waterloo
Oral B. Shepherd
Salem
Ore
Decedent
Waverly
Fivo
Ehner
Columbia Street
Prank
Prank A. Salem
Hoffman
James Pady Lohsville
Afills Street
Eli LaRue
V. CG
Kelford Saturda
Cemetery
Naty Plans New Nicaragua Flight
Naty outlines a forthcoming aviation plan connected to Nicaragua, mentioning regional routes and party or organizational figures in a historic context. The text references multiple names and places, indicating a broader geopolitical or transportation discussion with diverse participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naty
Nicaragua
Admiral Brumby Dines with Indiana garage man visit
Rear Admiral Brumby hosted Charles Shambaugh of Lafayette Indiana after a day inspecting salvage work at Provincetown wreckage. Shambaugh toured the Bushnell and Falcon and praised naval divers while recalling telegrams and a high level welcome aboard the flagship.
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Boston
Lafayette
Ind
Provincetown
Frank H. Brimby
Massachusetts Bay
Hhs
Charles Shambaugh
Ciera Nary Yard
Navy
Shambaugh
Navy Yard
Admiral Brumby
Bushnell
Falcon
Glory Pine Suol Off Bey Hunt Sparks Local Mystery
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a 4 am incident near Bey involving individuals such as Chenes Lurie and others, with cryptic acronyms and partial references to a clue and cyan substances, leaving the case unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glory Pine
Bey, Chenes Lurie
Endurance Hop Flight Test Delays and Confusing Report
The report describes Schlee and Brock attempting an endurance hop lasting about eight minutes with unclear details. It notes delays and a test that started today, aiming to fly a plane and ferry setup but contains garbled phrases about propulsion and timing, leaving key elements uncertain.
Ames Homemaker Election Hints Suppresses Family Ties
A fragment from Ames highlights a vote related to homemakers and state polls with references to voting on a plan about managing relationships and committees. The text names individuals and groups but remains unclear on exact actions or outcomes.
Obscure Sporting Event Report Incoherent Text
Fragmentary OCR shows an unclear schedule with possible dates and names. Readable items include a reference to a meet and a single Thursday date, but many words are garbled. No verifiable events or participants can be confirmed from the readable text.
Lindbergh Party Begins Dawn Flight Toward Detroit
Mrs. Evangeline Lindbergh and the party depart San Antonio for Dallas with an all metal monoplane. Pilot Brooks expects Detroit arrival within 12 to 15 hours, refueling at Dallas Muskogee and St Louis.
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San Antonio
Tex
Evangeline Lindbergh
Kelly
Dallas
Detroit
Brooks
Muskogee
St. Louis
William Stout
Harry Russell
Stanley Copeland
Ford Producers Agency
Mexico City
C. Muller
John Collings
Collings
Evangeline L. L. Lindbergh
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lovefield
Ati
Muskogee. Okla
Harry Brooks
Okla
Dee
Hatbox Field
Dairy Herds Up 3 Percent in Federal Reserve Report
Chicago December report notes 3 percent rise in dairy herds from the prior year with beef cattle, lamb and hog stocks down. Pork packing and meat trade show mixed movement as November prices and foreign demand shift. Domestic market near early December steady overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Monthly Business Review of
Insurance merger approved for Central Federal and Standard American firms
The Iowa insurance department approved the consolidation of Central Federal Fire Insurance of Davenport and Standard American Fire Insurance of Chicago. The merged entity will be named Standard Federal Fire Insurance Company with Davenport as headquarters and operations beginning January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Central Federal Fire Insurance Company
Davenport
Standard American Fire Insurance Company of
Chicago
Iowa Insurance Department
Standard Federal Fire Insurance Company
Sheriff Halts Raid Seizes 100 Gallons of Wine
In Wapello Iowa on December 29 a sheriff’s deputy confiscated 100 gallons of wine believed three to four years old from the Silverthome building where Alfred Silverthome lived in California since last April. No arrests were made and no charges will be filed as the wine was not sold. It will be held at the county jail until the court decides disposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
Bherjit George Oaks
Alfred Silverthome
Silverthome
California
Edison Hopes To Adapt Rubber Plant For U.S. Use
Thomas Edison moves into his Fort Myers estate laboratory to test Madagascar madagascaren sis as a rubber source. He plans mechanical harvesting and processing to produce commercial rubber, aiming to free the United States from British markets and boost a Dixie agricultural industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Myers
Fla
Thomas Edison
United States
Atory
Edison
Caloosahatchee
World Collection
Madagascar
Alinto
South
Dixie
Ocean Gale Brings Feast of Lobsters and News
A four day English channel gale washed ashore thousands of lobsters and possibly millions of starfish drawing villagers to gather for a feast. Bronson Cutting, Republican publisher of the Santa Fe New Mexican, was named to fill the late Sen. A. A. Jones’s unexpired term. Theresa Nesan dies from shig Dysentery at 20. Osborn elected president of the AAAS.
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Ocean Gale
Cutting
Sen. Jones
Deal Eng
Dee
English Channel
Thei
Santa Fe
N. M
Bronson Cutting
Santa Fe New Mexican
R. C. Dillon
United States
A. A. Jones
Washington
John Morrow
Progressive Pay State Central Committee
Youth Dies After Artificial Breathing in Texas Tragedy
In Heniston Texas Milton Rush 14 died in a trial hospital after 114 hours of artificial respiration failed to restart his paralyzed lungs. Rush sustained a spinal cord injury when a rifle accident injured him during a Boy Scout trip.
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Heniston
Texas
Milton Rush
Areola Wharton Ind
Rush
Phy- Ho
Boy Scout
Slain Gangster's Body Found Beside Road
The body of William Dutch, listed as a suspected gang member, was found by the roadside near Terre Rebo. Police indicate the man may have been involved in a video shoot prior to death and was discarded from a vehicle.
Building Permits and Related Notices
Building permits listed for Biank Tisdorf and others. Remodeling and dwelling work noted with costs of 100 and 200 dollars respectively. Addresses include 42 Fifth and 408 Thompson in Ston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AN. Miller
Hult
Kurd Auto Supply Company
Adal- Honte Bnsiites
Fifth Weal
Marty Pines
Thompdonu
Ston
Oklahoma Legislators Meet in Secret Session Amid Court Ban
Oklahoma City December reports show impeachment charges against Gov Henry S Johnston and two officials dismissed by the Oklahoma Senate acting as a court of impeachment The self styled senate court then held secret sessions under guard and injunctions with National Guard troops at the state capitol and a hotel lobby gathering to defy orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Okl
Henry. Johnstoi
Oklahoma Senate
Okla
National Guard
Oklahoma
Senate
National Guardswmren
Capitol
Henry
Johnston
State Supreme Court
Mac @. Williamson
Two Die In Car Wreck Near Brinkley Arkansas
An arkansas wreck left L. F. Foster and a three month old dead while Franklin Foster and Jewell Foster may die. Anna Foster, aged five, is bruised and exposed. The car overturned in a ditch beside the highway near Brinkley. Passersby failed to release occupants for eight hours until found by schoolchildren.
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Brinkley
Ark
Der
F. Foster
Franklin
Foster
Jewell
Anna
Memphis
Tenn
Editors May Seek Legislative Honor
Eldora Iowa editors may enter the Hardin county race to replace L V Carter as speaker of the town house of representatives who will not seek reelection due to ill health. Leading contenders include E Moffat editor of the Eldora Herald and Sherm Needham editor of the Eldora Ledger. Possible candidates are C A Bryson Town Falls attorney and Fred Trainer of Ackley.
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Eldora
Hardin County
L. V. Carter
Town House of Representatives
E. Moffat
Eldora Herald
Sherm Needham
Eldora Ledger
C. A. Bryson
Town Falls
Fred Trainer
Ackley
Fugitive Shot by Pursuing Police Near Sioux City
Dec 29 reports say Alonzo Byers 16 was seriously wounded by detectives while fleeing in a stolen automobile. He and two companions George Kruz 17 were arrested. Byers wounded in the neck and in a hospital serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Alonzo Byers
Byers
George Kruz
Towa University 18 on Enrollment List
Iowa's total college enrollment ranks eighteenth nationally with 4,345 students, per Raymond Walters. The state also shows Iowa University at eleventh in state enrollments while California universities total 17,311.
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Towa University
Towa City
University of Iowa
Raymond Walters
Swartmore College
Iowa
University of California
Tax Slash Action Put Off to March
Postponement of tax reduction legislation to March has been agreed by Secretary Mellon and Senate Finance Chairman Smoot to gain a clearer view of the government's finances. The decision comes after December talks in Washington D C and aims to ensure better understanding of fiscal conditions.
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Washington, D. C
Mellon
Smoot
Senate
Firiner Committee
Reward Withdrawn Over Bank Robbery Rift
The Linn County Bankers association will not pay the $1,000 reward for the capture of bank bandits after conflicts arose from the arrest of J. R. Shomler and John Duffy in the Alburnett State bank robbery. The association cites the dispute and plans to withhold payment, though the Alburnett bank had intended to pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids, In
Linn County Bankets’ Association
J. R. Shomler
John Duffy
Alburnett State
Alburnett Bank
New Electric Rate To be Considered by Council Today
The Iowa Public Service Company proposes an alternative electric rate at a 4 p.m. council meeting. The plan targets high step users for potential savings while not affecting low step customers. Officials will also review street and building lighting contracts and Roxana Petroleum petition to erect a filling station at Fifth and Washington Streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Public Service Company
Rte
some works + ego
Roxana Petroleum Corporation
Wayne
Pastor Resigns to Keep Hotel Porter Job
Rev. James Eaves, a Negro pastor at Mt. Carmel Baptist, resigns to focus on work as porter at Ellis Hotel. He says church salary cannot support his family and plans to return to ministry later when his children are older, leaving the church without a pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Carmel
Eilis
James Faves
Mr. Eaves
Churen
Lions Club to Honor Ex-Mayor Gnagy with Oil Portrait
The Lions Club, in Black’s tearoom, passes a resolution to donate an oil portrait of ex mayor A. E. Gnagy to Waterloo. A committee including Tate Harrison Herbert Parker and Gus Thode will oversee the memorial while Stephen Brown Harry Eer and Ray Eggert eulogize the deceased leader. New secretary Nowett P. Easley fills Gnagy’s vacancy as the club notes he was its first death since 1916 formation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black
Lions Club
A. E. Gnagy
Waterloo
Tate Harrison
Herbert Parker
Gus Thode
Roland Reed
Gragy
Stephen D. Brown
Harry M. Eer
Ray Eggert
Nowett P. Easley
Gnagg
Scully Elected President of Waterloo Real Estate Board
George H. Scully won the presidency at Waterloo Real Estate Board’s annual meeting in Black's Tearoom succeeding R. N. Cowin. New officers include E. T. Houlette first vice president Wayne Raymond second vice president and secretary and A. C. Cole treasurer. Cole reelected. Lester W. Miller stepped down as secretary to become secretary of the Town Association of Real Estate Boards. Members predict a prosperous 1926 despite a conservative outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Scully
Waterloo Real Estate Board
R. N. Cowin
E. T. Houlette
Wayne
Raymond
A.c. Cole
Cole
Lester W. Miller
Town Association of Real Estate Boards
Nathan Northey Deeds Half Farm Land to Children
Deeds for transfer of a half interest in 980 acres from Nathan Northey to his children Harry G. Northey and Mrs. Valette M. Ogle were filed with County Recorder Eva Brebner. Most land lies in East Waterloo with each child receiving a quarter interest. The deeds note a valuation of money and other considerations. The Northey family left for New York to embark December 31 on a voyage to California via the Panama Canal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Northey
Harry G. Northey
Valette M. Ogle
Eva Brebner
East
Waterloo
Northey
Inlaw
Harry Northey
New York
Riviera Theatre Installs Six Fire Alarm Boxes
Fire protection at the Riviera Theatre includes a Gamewell master fire box and five auxiliary stations. Master box in front, auxiliaries on stage, second floor dressing rooms, basement machine room, second floor offices, and motion picture booth. System added to city network by Frank Stephenson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riviera Theatre
Theatre
Frank Stephenson
Kidnapper McClelland Placed in California Manhunt
Redlands California December reports a statewide search for Robert E McClelland a paroled convict who abducted 11 year old Evelyn Smith from Oakland and took her to Mrs Emma J Spence in Redlands. Evelyn held that the man was her sister claiming they were related while he threatened harm if she spoke.
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Redlands
Cal
Stey
California
Wiliam Edward Hickman
Marion Parker
Robert E. McClelland
Frank Simith
Alice
Mr. Spence
Evelyn Smith
Oakland
Ernest Arthur
Robert
Parker
Aziz
Waterloo Lodge of Odd Fellows Marks 21st Anniversary
Waterloo lodge No. 716. I. O. O. F. celebrated its twenty first anniversary with a homecoming last night. An initiatory degree was conferred on a class of 5 candidates by all past noble grands. An oyster supper followed. a joint installation with Black Hawk Lodge No. 72 is set for Friday night January 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo Lodge
I. OO. 6 F
Black Hawk Lodge
Aged Storekeepers Foil Bandits in Davenport Hold Up
In Davenport Iowa December 29 two elderly storekeepers Henry Aschermann 74 and his brother August 72 resisted a holdup using an old pistol. They saved their cash but Henry was wounded in the side and August struck in the face with a pistol butt. Bandits fled in a waiting car and are at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Henry Aschermann
August
Henry
Navy Dept Regains Teapot Dome Field
The United States Navy regained possession of the Teapot Dome oil reserve in Wyoming by a federal court decree. Judge T Blake Kennedy overruled Harry F Sinclair's motion to include a provision returning the quitclaim given the government when the lease was made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Wyo
United States Navy
Roe
Teapot Dome Maral
Wyoming
T. Blake Y Kennedy
Harry F. Sinclair
Sincalir
Sinclair
State Leases Pen Factory to Dearborn Furniture
The Iowa state board of control approved a five year lease of the Fort Madison penitentiary furniture factory to Dearborn Furniture company of Chicago. The contract guarantees the state 10 percent above expenses and a net guaranty of 50000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Dearborn Furniture Company
Chicago
State Board of Control
Jatapn
Match Sparks Fire Destroys Car Radiator Hazard
A radiator on a motor car filled with alcohol exploded when George Hoffman 29 struck a match near the radiator opening. He suffered severe burns to both eyes and was blinded by the blinding flash, illustrating how dangerous striking a match near fuel is.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halo
Dee
George Hoffman
Hoffman
Son of Iowa Professor Ends Life in Baltimore
Dr. Paul Rockwood, son of University of Iowa chemist Elhert W. Rockwood, died by self asphyxiation in his Baltimore apartment. A telegram to his father stated he had taken his life. He had been recently indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiring to send substandard matter through the mails. Tokyo Opens Subway in Orient. The first subway in the Orient will open tomorrow, three miles between Uno and Asa stations, at a cost over 3 million dollars. Marriage licenses issued: John H. Raber and Vesta Evelyn Lynch.
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Baltimore
Paul Rockwood
Elhert W. Rockwood
Chemistry
University of Iowa
Iowa Civ
Olind
Tokio
Dee
Jins
Orient
Uno
Asa
Rusa
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Marion
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American Museum of Natural Instory
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Japan
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